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we're always beaming the hottest tech news to your mobile device no accessories necessary I'm Bridget Carey and this is your scene at update you can now watch live television on the go with a new service called dial and the first phone with the service is the metropcs samsung galaxy s light ray 4G you can get a few channels in New York we're picking up for and this isn't using any data dial is a technology developed by broadcasters and their friends to beam signals directly to mobile devices there's no subscription costs it's just a special trip they put in and that means you're going to be paying more than typical for this phone because of that technology metropcs has no contract to subsidize the price so this phone is going to cost you four hundred and sixty bucks but this fall you'll be able to get dial on your existing iOS device as a plug-in accessory there's no word on what the devices will cost but prepare to spend anywhere from 100 to 150 dollars to turn your ipad into a TV now would that be something you're interested in send it out video with why you'd buy it or why you think it's not worth it and will air your responses on the show if you played the zynga game the Ville on Facebook you know it's an awful lot like the sims well Electronic Arts feels the same way because EA has sued Zynga for copyright infringement over the Ville being too much like its Facebook game the sims social Microsoft was describing Windows 8's new interface style with the term Metro but now they're not using that word the brand Metro is being dropped but don't be surprised if a new branding term will be coined in its place so you heard in our previous show that Google Wallet opened its service to all major cards and a google blog post said it supports Visa Mastercard Discover and American Express would hold on American Express said in a statement that hey we didn't approve of being included in the mobile payment system upward well guess what it still works and you want to use an amex card Google and amex are just talking things out so everyone's happy but you don't have to worry remember when being on Facebook was the big game changer for the presidential race in 2008 well four years later now the campaign's each have their own apps show to how the importance of technology evil of Z trace President Obama's app Obama for America is a tool for supporters to share his policy stances and news and it also has voting info for state's republican candidate mitt romney is taking a different approach those who download the app called MIT's VP will apparently be the first to know who he picks for his running mate via a push notification that your tech news update for more on the stories mentioned in the show you can always head on over to sina com / update or you can stay updated by just following me on twitter from our studios in New York I'm Richard Carey